Dad Forces Son To Wear Sign Broadcasting Bad Grades

Students ask to drivers to honk to support their demonstration in front of the Voltaire high school in Paris, on October 11, 2011, during a national day of protest against the government's austerity package. Several unions called for a national day of action against the government's austerity measures, calling employees to demonstrate in French streets, causing some disruptions in transportation, especially in Paris. AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR (Photo credit should read FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images)File photo of a student holding up a sign to passing cars. (Photo by FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images)

MIAMI (CBS Tampa) — When a local seventh grade student came home with a bad report card, his parents took action — by forcing him to wear a sign that told the world of his awful grades.

Teenager Michael Bell, Jr. received failing marks in his language arts, math and civics classes, according to Local 10 News. So his parents decided to take action.

“He has been screwing up in school, behavior and academics and right now I am trying to send a message to him,” Michael Bell, Sr. told the station.

The sign has two sides. One asks, “Hey, I want to be a class clown, is it wrong?”

The other tells drivers that he is a middle school student who is failing his present semester.

This isn’t the first time this has happened and I can’t say this is something I did when it happened to my daughter. Sometimes it’s a case of immaturity and wanting to be independent without parental rules and guidance. Is there something else going on that warrants conversation followed by family counseling? Humiliation may or may not work in this case because there isn’t enough personal information to offer a solution. In my case, my daughter wasn’t getting along with her stepfather. In the end we worked through it and went on to get her master’s degree. Oh, I divorced him!